Forgot to Turn on the Crockpot Red Beans and Rice

2 tbsp butter/margarine
1 onion, diced
1 green pepper diced
1 lb. Turkey Smoked Sausage, sliced
2 cans Red Beans
2 cans diced tomatoes (petite dice)
2 cans water
Tabasco Sauce
Tony Chechere's Cajun seasoning(c)

Heat butter in soup pot on stove.  Saute diced vegetables for 5 minutes.  Add sliced sausage and saute sausage until browned.  Dump cans into pot (undrained) and add water.  Give 2 liberal shakes of Tabasco and as much Tony Chechere's Cajun seasoning you can stand.  Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer for however long it takes your rice to be done (or about 15 minutes if you're using microwave "instant" rice.

Serve with rice (I use Success Jasmine Rice because I like it), shredded cheese, and sour cream (you may need the dairy to quiet the burn in your mouth if you used too much Tabasco!).

This recipe is heavily modified from one I found on allrecipes.com.  I don't like green pepper and I was too hungry to brown the sausage (and dang it, it's smoked sausage!), but feel free if you want to.   I think you could easily add another can of red beans and 2 more cans of water if you need to stretch it to feed more people.  You can add more water and cook longer if you like your Red Beans and Rice thicker, but stir periodically to keep from sticking).  You can also take a potato masher and whale away at it, if you want it to look like you've been messing with it all day.


It would work fine in a crockpot, as long as you don't forget to start it up in the morning.  DUH.  Cook on low however long you need it (because it will already be done when you dump everything in it).

It's even better the next day.